SAN DIEGO — AMN Healthcare Services has renewed its lease for 175,000 square feet of office space in San Diego. The long-term lease renewal is valued at $120 million. The space is located at 12400 High Bluff Drive in Del Mar Heights. The healthcare workforce solutions and staffing services provider has resided at this Class A property since it was constructed in 2003. The company currently houses 800 employees at the center, with room to expand to 1,000 employees. AMN was represented by Douglas Lozier of Savills Studley’s San Diego office. The landlord was Kilroy Realty Corporation.
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SURPRISE, ARIZ. — One Step Beyond has leased 11,800 square feet of space in Surprise. The two-building complex is located at 15527 & 15531 N. Reems Road. One Step Beyond moved into the first building in July. It plans to occupy the second building in March. Tyler Smith of Colliers International represented both One Step Beyond and the landlord, Reems and Greenway LLC, in this transaction.
ARLINGTON, VA. — Skanska USA Commercial Development has sold a five-story, 139,394-square-foot office building located at 1776 Wilson Blvd. in Arlington to an institutional client of Invesco Real Estate for $90 million. The Class A, LEED Platinum-certified property features office space, retail space, a fitness center and a green roof terrace accessible to office tenants. The property is 90 percent leased to tenants such as Skanska, LMO Advertising, National Association of Drug Stores, U.S. Civil Research & Development Foundation, Black & Veatch Corp., Pier 1 Imports and 100 Montaditos. Skanska delivered the project in November 2012.
ORLANDO, FLA. — Newmark Grubb Knight Frank (NGKF) has arranged the $18.8 million sale of the SunTrust Bank office building located at 200 S. Orange Ave. in downtown Orlando. The 10-story, 128,296-square-foot property is connected to the 35-story SunTrust Tower. Atlanta-based SunTrust Bank has leased the office building since it was first built in 1958. Mark Hillis and Whitney Knoll of NGKF represented the seller, Atlanta-based Columbia Property Trust, in the transaction. The buyer, 200 Orange Realty LP, is comprised of local real estate investors, including Jim Gissy and Ed Wideman. Michael LaPointe, Peter Everett and Daniel Yi of NGKF assisted with the transaction.
CAMBRIDGE, MASS. — NorthMarq Capital has arranged a $4.24 million loan for the acquisition of the Global Organics Headquarters Building in Cambridge. Located at 68 Moulton St., the property offers 24,500 square feet of office space. Joseph Hegenbart secured the financing for the borrower, RHAD LLC, through NorthMarq’s relationship with a local bank. The 10-year loan features a 25-year amortization schedule. Global Organics is the major tenant in the building and an affiliate of the borrower.
PORTLAND, ORE. — Pearl West, the first speculative office building to be built in Portland since the recession, has received $41.7 million in permanent construction financing. The 146,500-square-foot building will be located on Irving Street and NW 14th in the Pearl District. The Class A building is scheduled to break ground tomorrow. It is slated for completion in early 2016. The building has already secured two unnamed tenants. Pearl West will be built by BPM Real Estate Group and designed by GBD Architects. Walter C. Bowen of BPM Real Estate Group is the developer, while BDC/NW Irving LLC is the borrower. The loan was secured by Ken Griggs and Paddy Ryan of NBS Financial Services. NBS represented the lender, Washington Capital Advisors, a pension fund advisor for labor unions.
BREA, CALIF. – Palisades Capital Realty Advisors has acquired a 121,143-square-foot office building in Brea for $21 million. The building is located at 2929 E. Imperial Highway. The property was built in 1985 and renovated in 2013. The office building is fully leased to companies like Zodiak Inflight Innovations and Underwriters Laboratories. The seller, a joint venture between Rialto Capital and the Koll Company, was represented by Bob Prendergast and Baker Morphy of JLL's Capital Markets.
ALEXANDRIA, VA. — Newmark Grubb Knight Frank (NGKF) has arranged the U.S. Department of Defense’s (DOD) 606,575-square-foot lease renewal at Hoffman Tower II in Alexandria, roughly eight miles south of Washington, D.C. The office lease transaction is the largest in the Washington, D.C. metro area this year, according to NGKF. Brendan Owen and Scott Johnston of NGKF represented the owner, The Hoffman Co., in the transaction. CBRE represented the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), which signed the lease renewal on behalf of the DOD. The DOD has occupied Hoffman Tower II for more than 30 years.
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Lincoln Property Co. Southeast has brokered the $2.3 million sale of the Seventy Seven Building, a two-story, 57,375-square-foot office building in Columbia. Denton Shamburger and Chip Sipple of Lincoln Property’s Atlanta office represented the seller, GE Commercial Finance Business Property Corp., in the transaction. Roger Winn of NAI Avant represented the buyer, Red Hills Holdings LLC. Seventy Seven Building is located at 101 Business Park Blvd., about 10 minutes from downtown Columbia. The building was 37 percent leased at the time of the sale.
DALLAS — Sidley Austin LLP has preleased 75,000 square feet at the new McKinney & Olive office building in uptown Dallas. Crescent Real Estate Holdings LLC broke ground June 19 and construction is underway at the development located at 2021 McKinney Avenue. The office space will include 480,000 square feet, with Sidley Austin occupying the top 2.5 floors. Cassidy Turley executive managing director Craig Wilson and vice chairman Randy Cooper represented Sidley Austin in the transaction. Developer Crescent Real Estate Holdings was represented in-house by John Zogg. McKinney & Olive will be adjacent to the Ritz-Carlton and a few blocks from The Crescent. The McKinney Trolley service will provide access to Klyde Warren Park, the Dallas Arts District and other nearby attractions.